Vereen has commanded stages and showrooms all over the world: in Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, and throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. The Tony-award winning actor released a statement, confirming his son’s death, sharing, “I am sorry to announce my son Benjamin A Vereen Jr., affectionately known as … Vereen's 16-year-old child died in a car accident in 1987, and Vereen himself was seriously injured after being struck by a car while walking on Pacific Coast Highway, a couple of miles from his home in Malibu in 1992. In 1978, on a Boston Pops TV special, Vereen performed a tribute to Bert Williams, complete with period makeup and attire, and reprising Williams' high-kick dance steps, to vaudeville standards such as "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee". In addition to starring in, Ben was also the acting coach on the movie. Ben Vereen Biography Ben Vereen is an actor, dancer, and singer from Laurinburg, North Carolina U.S.A. He also earned a coveted spot in the Casino Legends Hall of Fame. "For over 40 years, Ben has showcased his versatility and creativity, performing countless one-man shows not only in the United States, but also Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. The entertainer Ben Vereen was critically injured early today when he was hit by a utility vehicle as he walked along a dark stretch of highway near his beach home in Malibu. -New York Times"The dramatic center is Ben Vereen's role as Lincoln Perry,the vaudeville performer who made his fortune in silent films and Depression-era talkies playing screen persona Stepin Fetchit, the quintessential negative stereotype of the shuffling, smiling, work-shirking Negro...Tapping all the undiminished charisma and limber body language of a veteran song-and-dance man, Vereen effortlessly sells the now-reviled representation of the black flunky while slyly asserting the cultured, savvy negotiator beneath; it's a performance of enormous charm and intelligence." TV Special performer: "Tradition", "Summer, Summer", "Magic to Do", TV Special performer: "This Must Be the Place", TV Movie performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo", TV Special performer: "Kicking the Clouds Away", "Stairway to Paradise", "Off Thee I Sing", "Sweet and Low-Down", "Mine", "I Got Plenty of Nothing", "Fascinatin' Rhythm", TV Special performer: "By Myself", "Standing on the Corner", "If I Were a Rich Man", TV Movie performer: "Magic to Do", "Glory", "Simple Joys", "On the Right Track", "Finale", TV Special performer: "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "Rita", "Bloody Mary", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Mame", "Hello, Dolly! Traduire. ", performer: "Bye Bye Love" 1957 - uncredited, performer: "So Long Honey Lamb", "Clap Hands! Played the character of E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner in the unrelated television shows. The Community Mental Health Council awarded Vereen with their 2004 Lifeline Celebration Achievement Award. (divorced) 1 son. [22], In January 2018, four actresses in a Florida production of Hair directed by Vereen in 2015 alleged that he sexually harassed them throughout the production.